Maybe all of you are both right and wrong to some degree. First let me clarify that many Dominicans do not take sex so casually. Especially women, so some of you ae definetly hanging out in the wrong places and with the wrong women. Having decided to stretch my wings a bit in the past year, my perception is that yes, there are a lot of people who take sex very casually not only in the DR, but in the US as well, which is what caused me to wonder about it. How can you "lay on a kingsized bed and wait fo a total stranger to get there?" How can anyone wake up next to someone they don't know? I am not judging this in any way. In fact, when I listen to friends brag about their exploits, I wonder if I am not missing out by sitting in the bleachers. The idea of separating the caring and love from sex just stumps me, though. It all sounds like pure mechanical acts. Perhaps I lack some key ingredient of detachment. It sounds like there must be a mixture of attraction and detachment to have casual sex. If there is such a thing, as Robert says. And yes, I don't have to do anything I don't want to, which is the policy I have so far followed, Judy.

By the way, Nathan, We are in similar spots, I am still married (legaly anyway) and being faced with the single scene after many years of mariage is not a piece of cake. Get lots of info and check out the clubs, etc. before taking action. By the way, I am a libra as well and we seem to be total opposites, so don't go by that.

Thanks for the info, guys. It's been food for thought.
Amber